With its
beautiful sunsets, magnificent beachfront location and mountain views, Pwohmaria Beach
Resort is an idyllic retreat for tourists, divers and business travellers staying in
Pohnpei, the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is located three minutes
from the airport, seven minutes from Kolonia and fifteen minutes from the capital
buildings.

The spacious
bungalows contain a king sized or two twin-sized water beds, natural coloured wicker
furniture, whirling wooden fans, attractive island print fabrics, mini refrigerators and
telephone. The superior rooms also have air-conditioning and colour TV. Large screened
windows offer views of the ocean with its beautiful sunsets, and Sokehs Rock, the 'Diamond
Head' of Micronesia, across the bay. White lace curtains and bedspreads add to the
romantic atmosphere.

RUSTIC ROMANCE

The Pwohmaria
Beach Resort has the biggest restaurant on Pohnpei - Misko's restaurant includes
continental and Japanese cuisine, as well as fresh island seafood. Guests can enjoy the
Sunset Dinner Buffet featuring fresh seafood, steak, and a variety of local foods by
making reservations at the hotel front desk or at the restaurant. The Sunset Dinner Buffet
includes entertainment by local dancers.

At Pwohmaria's
Dejavu Bar & Lounge which is located by the beach, guests can enjoy tropical drinks
while watching the sunset, reading, relaxing, or fishing off the pier in the day. Aqua
World Pohnpei Inc. is located at the resort. It offers diving tours, fan diving, night
diving, experienced diving, and open water diving. The receptionist at the front desk can
arrange full tour service, diving, shopping, car rentals or laundry services for guests.

The island of
Pohnpei and The Village Resort Hotel - one a creation of Nature and the other of man
influenced by Nature. Both lie beyond the realms of the most idealistic imagination - yet
together they exist. The combination is so striking and yet so subtle that is powerful
environmental message is delivered gently, eloquently, but without equivocation.

ENCHANTMENT IN A RUSTIC ENVIRONMENT

Bob and Patti
Arthur, an entertaining American couple who have written themselves and their hotel into
Pohnpeian folklore, built the entire considerable complex of local materials and using
timeless Pohnpeian carpentry techniques. Built on and atop a steeply sloping lagoon front
site, The Village Hotel is amazing in its simplicity, yet unbelievably comfortable and
elegant.

The construction
techniques may be rustic, primitive even, but the results - understated luxury
(remembering that luxury is relative) of comfortable, individual huts built almost
entirely from local materials and mostly kept level on the steep hillside by stilts on at
least one corner.

The Village Resort Hotel, Pohnpei

The extremely
spacious huts contain two king-sized canopy waterbeds, white wicker furniture, swirling
wooden fans and attractive island print fabrics. The timber bathrooms, a far cry from the
offering of some far off marbleized metropolitan Hilton Hotel are nonetheless en suite and
comfortably elegant. Waist to ceiling windows take up three of the walls and the view is
mostly of the jungle less than a metre away. The windows are covered only with insect
screens but huge eaves extending from the thatched roof ensure that the Pohnpeian rainfall
does not intrude. In fact, there is little that will beat sitting in the room and reading
a good book during a midday shower of tropical rain.

Keeping alive
the legend of how Irish castaway James F. O'Connell had himself tattooed back in 1828 and
entertained natives with an Irish gig to save his life, the village hotel called its
imaginative bar and restaurant complex, the largest thatched roof structure in Micronesia,
"The Tattooed Irishman". Completely open to the elements, this complex is the
hub of all social activity at the village. A rustic sunken bar occupies one corner and it
is possible to order a drink or a snack or meal at just about any time. The menu at the
village changes regularly and the food is a clever interpretation of tasty Pacific rim
cuisine, designed to appeal to both eastern and western pallets.

The Village
Hotel provides a full tour service to its guests, specializing in day trips to Nan Madol
and neighbouring islands, cultural dances and land trips as requested - including
certified scuba and snorkel guides. For scuba activities, please bring certification card,
regulator, and buoyancy compensator.

The Village is a
hotel built to fit the times, the people, the local economy and, above all the romantic
mood of Micronesia's most beautiful island. So much is it part of Pohnpei that it won the
OPIC's inaugural 1991 Ecotourism Award - for tourism projects, undertaken with sound
environmental values, ensuring environmental sustainability and preventing environmental
degradation. Guests may be tempted to never leave the hotel, however the inland
site, the lagoon and cultural treasures will undoubtedly lure visitors to experience
Pohnpei's delights.

One of the
newest and most modern facilities available in Pohnpei, the C-Star Apartelle boasts a
quiet meighbourhood setting despite being only three minutes from the centre of Kolonia.

C-Star Apartell
is constructed in four buildings - each featuring a variety of studio, one, two and three
bedroom apartments. The apartments are fully furnished and the kitchens have laminated
counter tops and oak wood cabinets and are equipped with cooking range and refrigerator.

NEW ... AND MODERN

For full comfort, the apartments have
telephones, air-conditioning and television.

The complex
features 24-hour security, a laundromat, off-street parking and snack bar facilities at
the front reception.

Near Pohnpei's
government and business centres, the Cliff Rainbow Hotel lures both business and holiday
travellers with reasonable rates, central location and friendly service.

Situated high on a hilltop, the views out
across the bay are splendid and the sunsets superb.

MAGNIFICENT HILLTOP VIEWS

With clean, modern air-conditioned rooms and
dining room serving some of the finest food on the island - specialising in seafood and
tasty local dishes - the hotel is a home away from home.

The reception desk staff are always ready to
assist with arrangements, whether it be to hire a car or jeep, go fishing, shopping or
just arranging laundry services. They can also arrange tours to some of Pohnpei's most
famous sights like Nan Madol, a hike to the falls or even receive the entire two-acre
Rainbow Island for yourself where you can play Robinson Crusoe for a weekend.

For entertainment in the evenings, Cliff
Rainbow's unique bar, Nahs, becomes the focal point for socialising.